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Tormented? Driven Witless? Whipsawed by Confusion? Ask E. Jean is the longest currently-running advice column in American publishing.
E. Jean embodies in both her spirit and writing the lysergic ecstasy of a sleepover. Ask E. Jean feels like wearing fancy pajamas while drinking from crystal and talking to your best friend via neophone.
Personal thoughts and stories, a list of books I've read or listened to each month, and book recommendations.
I generally enjoy knowing what people are reading—because I love imagining people’s lives and getting recs—but knowing what Jess Tholmer is reading is even more delicious. Jess has wide ranging tastes and her newsletter will introduce you to a devastating text and in the next breath knock you out with a spot-on celebrity memoir appraisal. She’s sharp and disarmingly hilarious and once wore bangs that were so show-stopping that it incited our whole friendship.
